Elevated railway



(No' Model.)

L. H. GOODWIN. ELEVATED RAILWAY.

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LEVI II. GOODVVIN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

ELEVATED RAILWAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,467, dated January 27, 1891.

Application filed January 1'7, 1890. Serial No. 337,203. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEVI II. GOODWIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Elevated Railways, of which the following is a specification.

Anothercbject of my invention is to pro vide a single line of posts which will support an elevated railway, and also telegraph-poles upon the top.

The various features of my invention will be fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvement; Fig. 2, a sectional elevation on line was, Fig.1. Fig. 2-3 is a modified form of journaliug the car-wheels. Fig. ais a section through one side of the archway, taken at 2 y, Fig. 1.

1 represents the street-pavement.

A is a concrete foundation, in which or to which the posts B are secured. The posts B are made sectional and riveted together, of octagonal or many-sided form, the sections being flanged or riveted together, after the manner of constructing bridges. The tops of these posts are of double-arch form, which are made by firmly riveting to the top of the posts the sections C and D. The sections D are flanged above their point of connection to the posts, and the sections C riveted firmly thereto. These sections C D are firmly riveted to the section of post B, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The series of posts are connected together by a truss E, the upper chord of the truss being firmly connected to the top sections C by knee-braces 3, having the web 4, said braces being bolted to the post and to the top flange of the upper chord, and are further supported by brace E, passing beneath the truss and being bolted to the under side of the arch, as seen in Fig. 2. The truss E serves as a girder to connect the posts B together, as well as to sustain and distribute the weight and strain of the cars.

5 represents webs or braces at the bottom of the posts B under the arch. 6 represents similar webs at the top of thearch for strengthening the posts.

7 represents a socket formed on the tops of the posts between the webs 6, into which is inserted a telegraph-pole 8.

9 represents tie-bars securely fastened to the bottom chord, on which are placed the track-rails G.

10 represents the car, which is suspended by means of stanchions 11, to which wheels 12 of the car are journaled.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a modification which shows a U-shaped stanchion 13 passing over the car-wheels to journal the axle upon each side, and is the preferred form of construction. The car when suspended rests on springs 14, leaving a space 15 between the car and trucks. It is designed that these posts be set near the edge of the sidewalk and the elevated railway occupy the space partly above the street and partly above the sidewalk. Thus a line of cars may be placed upon each side with very little obstruction to the street and sidewalk traffic.

By having two tracks the car is suitably supported, and is guided by the flanges of the wheels in the ordinary manner. A strong firm elevated railway is obtained by this means at comparatively small cost.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. An elevated railway composed of ascries of sectional posts, a double arch located on top of each post, a truss for connecting said archestogether,and web brackets for strengthening the same, substantially as described.

2. In an elevated railway, the combination, with a series of sectional posts B and the arches supported thereby, ot' the truss E and the knee-braces 3 for securing the same, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

LEVI H. GOODWIN.

Witnesses:

EDWARD BOYD, T. SIMMONS. 

